The Big Book of MISC.

And there’s no handier way than with MISC., the pop-culture report that pushes the manila envelope of society’s fissures and connections; as seen from the city that’s given America strong beer, loud bands, and billionaire nerds.

Over 600 of the smartest, silliest, and poignant-est items from thirteen years of Clark Humphrey’s MISC. reports are now in one handy, 240-page, trade-paperback volume, The Big Book of Misc., including the following:

on GENDER:
“Women aren’t just different from men. They’re different from other women.”

on SEATTLE:
“It’s big and awkward, but thinks it’s little and cute—it’s the Baby Huey of cities.”

on THE VALUE OF JUNK FOOD:
“You won’t find the spirit of England on Masterpiece Theatre. You’ll find it in cucumber sandwiches, warm beer, and fish-and-chips wrapped in newspaper.”

on MICROSOFT WINDOWS:
“Bill Gates’s version of the old Ritz cracker recipe for Mock Apple Pie.”

on ‘TEEN SLANG’ IN ADS:
“How old white people think young white people think young black people talk.”

on CONTRADICTIONS:
“If American culture weren’t full of them, it wouldn’t be American culture.”

on FOOTBALL:
“The city should rename a street on the Kingdome’s Fourth Avenue South side ‘South Long Street,’ so the Seahawks would have an official address at Fourth and Long.”

on MOVING TO THE COUNTRY:
“Stop running away from your problems. Stay in town. Fight to make it better.”

on ‘SAFER SEX’:
“Imagining the person you’re about to have sex with is really Morley Safer should stop anything from happening.”